RNC bans some water bottles over weapon fears — but vendor hands out rocks inside hall

Attendees at the Republican National Convention have been banned from bringing in hard water bottles for fear they could be thrown at speakers — but a vendor inside the hall was spotted giving out free rocks shaped like the state of Indiana.

Podcaster Robert Evans found the booth Tuesday afternoon while covering the convention and posted a photo of it on X.

“Hard-sided water bottles are not allowed inside the security perimeter but this company from Indiana is handing out limestone blocks,” Evans wrote on X.

The stones appear to be hand-outs from the Indiana Limestone Company.

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RNC officials did not immediately return Raw Story’s request for comment on whether there was any concern that the free rocks could be used as projectile weapons inside the convention, just days after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.